“I expected to go to Iraq or Afghanistan,” said Sergeant Malcolm McEwen, manning a Humvee with mounted Stinger missiles on the banks of the Vistula River.
NATO
Baltics Look Longingly at NATO
A local politician once compared Lithuania’s move to join the alliance to the extravagant wishes of a poor man to wear a fur coat.
Kaliningrad: Model of Cooperation with EU?
“Kaliningrad could be the best location in Russia — paradise, ” says Viktor Hoffmann. “But we must be open to Europe like Poland or Lithuania.”
Europe Declared Peace While the World Was Still at War
The crux of Europe’s quandary in fighting global terrorism mirrors its problems with a shared foreign policy or common currency: a reluctance to sacrifice even more sovereignty on the altar of EU unity.
Merkel’s Dilemma
The term Mexit is worming its way into Germany’s political vocabulary, because the idea of Merkel’s departure after a decade in power is no longer unthinkable.
Do You Suffer from Russophobia? The Kremlin Thinks You Might.
Ever since my first visit to Russia in 1991, Russians have asked me why I decided to learn their language and travel to their country. My answer was simple.
When It Comes to Russia, It’s Munich All Over Again – Again
After the Cold War, Europeans became accustomed to gathering in Munich each year to talk about other people’s problems. Now they are learning that fences and seas can’t keep out the rest of the world.
Vladimir Putin Targets Turkey First, Terror Second in State-of-Russia Speech
Putin’s speech was an exercise in self-hypnosis by an autocracy incapable of rejuvenating itself.
Want to Move Your Tank Battalion to Take on a Threat? NATO’s Got a Form for That.
“What we want is like a military Schengen zone,” Lieutenant General Hodges said. “Right now refugees can move across Europe faster than military convoys.”
Bordering on War
For Putin, the Russian jet is the third downed plane to warn of the unintended consequences of armed intervention in a little more than a year.
